Since the start of free agency, it’s clear the Las Vegas Raiders are attempting to get better under rookie head coach Klint Kubiak. General manager John Spytek was a smooth operator this past Monday landing impact free agents on both offense — center Tyler Linderbaum the prized catch — and on defense — Las Vegas […]
Most NFL general managers have two well-understood career goals. The first is to obviously bring home a Lombardi trophy for the team and its fan base. The other goal is to find the ever-elusive franchise quarterback who brings stability to a football team for at least a decade, in a perfect world. Yet, as Buffalo […]
If you need a little help finding a rooting interest for this year’s tournament, we took the time to find all of the Green Bay Packers connections between the team’s current roster and the colleges participating in March Madness this year. I’m not much of a college basketball guy myself, but I’m going to try […]
On Friday, in the wake of the announcement of his new six-year contract, Reece James told reporters that physically he was in a “really good place”, able to consistently play two-three games a week after several years of battling hamstring injuries and not being able to stay consistently fit. On Monday, head coach Liam Rosenior […]
Since the Green Bay Packers traded for their new projected starting Mike linebacker Zaire Franklin, he had no remaining guarantees left on his deal. In theory, he could have been a very flexible piece for the Packers this summer, as they could have chosen to move off him, via a release or trade, before his […]
NFL insider Jordan Schultz reported the San Francisco 49ers are signing veteran wide receiver Christian Kirk to a one-year deal for $6 million. Kirk, 29, spent 2025 with the Houston Texans. The former second-round pick caught 28 passes for 239 yards and a touchdown. Looking at Kirk’s injury history, he missed two games during the […]
The San Francisco Giants have now sent out 9 players from their 19 Spring Training invitees following today’s cuts of catcher Logan Porter, infielder Nate Furman, and lefty Nick Margevicius. They join Friday’s cuts of lefty reliever Juan Sanchez, righty Wilkin Ramos, and Thursday’s cuts of relievers Will Bednar and Trent Harris, catcher Diego Cartaya, […]
A month removed from the Seattle Seahawks winning the Super Bowl, the next major event on the American sports calendar is March Madness. The NCAA men’s and women’s college basketball brackets are now set, with play-in games starting on Tuesday and the main draw beginning on the men’s side on Thursday. Many brackets will be […]
The New England Patriots will enter the spring with a second long snapper on the roster. The organization announced the signing of free agent Niko Lalos on Monday, as previously reported by Patriots on SI’s Ethan Hurwitz. Lalos, 28, was among a group of specialists in Foxborough for workouts and now joins 2025 seventh-round draft […]
Today, the NFL announced the annual performance-based pay distributions that were earned by players during the 2025 season. In total, $542 million of wealth is being dispersed out to players, none of which impacts teams’ salary caps. The league used to provide breakdowns of all the distributions a team’s players received, but lately, they have […]
This past week here at Buffalo Rumblings, we were curious to learn more about how Buffalo Bills fans felt following the failed trade for defensive end Maxx Crosby between the Las Vegas Raiders and Baltimore Ravens. After failing his physical conducted ahead of his officially joining the Ravens, the idea of Crosby landing elsewhere was […]
The Dallas Cowboys made a shrewd move moments before free agency unofficially began last week, trading for Green Bay Packers EDGE Rashan Gary. The former 12th overall pick out of Michigan has topped seven sacks in six of his seven regular-seasons in the league. He’s also a natural fit at the outside linebacker role in […]
The Steelers welcomed a few more wideouts to Pittsburgh for pre-draft visits as they look to continue to add to their wide receiver room during April’s draft. Wide receivers Jeff Caldwell and and Kendrick Law met with the team on Monday. Caldwell played his college ball at the University of Cincinnati and burst onto the […]
The 2026 NFL Draft is just over a month away, and Baltimore Beatdown is proud to introduce our Top 51 Big Board! We are also excited to bring Yuri (@Yuri_Ravens on X) aboard to help us scout the 2026 class! Our Big Board is Ravens-centric, meaning it is weighted based on positions and skillsets Baltimore […]
The New England Patriots’ coaching staff for the 2026 season has been finalized, and it includes some changes compared to last year. The most prominent among those are the previously confirmed promotion of Zak Kuhr to defensive coordinator as well as former DC Terrell Williams taking on a new role. That role now comes with […]
The Miami Dolphins have been busy rebuilding the front office, coaching staff and roster ahead of the 2026 NFL season, however one former player has more than a million reasons to look back at the 2025 season one more time. On Monday, the National Football League announced the top-25 performance based payouts — money given […]
The Miami Dolphins were quiet over the past weekend, but Monday saw them hit the free agency market to add depth to the offensive line.
The further we get in this series, the easier the posts are to write. Part of that is finding a bit of a groove in terms of how I want to present the information, but the other (more obvious) part is that there are fewer plays in these sections. We had 22 plays in 1st […]
The San Francisco 49ers are into Week 2 of free agency with the NFL Draft just down the line next month. The 49ers added future Hall of Famer Mike Evans, defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa in a trade with Dallas, reunited with linebacker Dre Greenlaw, and added CB Nate Hobbs. The real way to grade the […]
San Francisco Giants at San Diego Padres, March 16, 2026, 1:10 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Peoria Sports Complex – Peoria, AZ Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines. GB community, this is your thread for today’s game. Enjoy!
Real Madrid coach Álvaro Arbeloa was asked about both Kylian Mbappé and Jude Bellingham ahead of Tuesday’s match against Manchester City in the Champions League. Both players made the squad list today and traveled with the rest of the group to Manchester. “Bellingham wanted to come, he’s going to be part of the training session […]
While NFL players and their agents work hard to get big contracts during free agency in March, another program exists to help some of the highest-performing but lowest-earning players get a little bit of extra cash. That is the Performance-Based Pay program, a collectively-bargained system that helps send more money to players who play well […]
Dan Morgan came out swinging in free agenct this offseason, signing two of the top free agents in the 2026 class who also happened to meet at the surprising nexus of positional need and scheme fit. Of course, doing so involved committing up to $165M over the next four years to just Jaelan Phillips and […]
The Jordan Raiders issued offensive lineman Jordan Meredith a right of first refusal RFA tender early last week, and the 28 year old is set to return to Las Vegas in 2026 after a rough 2025 season. Meredith, a former UDFA from Western Kentucky has been with the team since 2022 where Las Vegas signed […]
On Monday, the NFL released calculations for its “Performance-Based Pay” program. Two members of the Kansas City Chiefs are among the top 25 beneficiaries — all of whom will clear at least $1 million from the pool. Safety Chamarri Conner will receive almost $1.2 million in extra money, while guard Kingsley Suamataia’s allotment will be […]